This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... it catch?" "I do not know," panted the workman, " but it is a big vessel of oil burning in the condensation room. Andrei, the stoker, heard a sound from the room, and he went in and the watchman and Afanasi were drunk on the floor and the oil gars had caught from the watchman's lantern." "The gas?" echoed Anson; "dost ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... it catch?" "I do not know," panted the workman, " but it is a big vessel of oil burning in the condensation room. Andrei, the stoker, heard a sound from the room, and he went in and the watchman and Afanasi were drunk on the floor and the oil gars had caught from the watchman's lantern." "The gas?" echoed Anson; "dost thou mean from the condensers, Grigori?" "Without doubt, Barin, but I do not know. When I came I wanted to carry out the burning oil vessel and throw it into the river, but Nicolai, the foreman, came and bade me go and tell thee, and he shut the doors and went to turn the steam on; but my way was better, Barin." "There, Grigori, thou art a fool and Nicolai did well. Were Afanasi and the watchman burnt?" "Only their beards, Barin, for Nicolai told me to carry them out, and I took them up and did so, but they have not waked." "Very well, Grigori--now make way!" for the two had turned in to the yard, and the windows of the condensation room glared on them redly. With a thrill of thankfulness Walter Anson saw that no smoke or fire was coming through the roof. He made straight for the factory, passing a little knot of workmen, hanging round the doors stupid with sleep and fear. With Grigori trotting at his heels like a huge dog, he reached the door of the refining room, pulled it open, and plunged into a reek of oil-gas and smoke that gripped his throat. For a moment he was blinded; then he could see dimly the door of the condensation room opposite him, and made for it. He struck against something soft. "Is it thou, Nicolai!" he gasped. "It is, Barin." "Hast thou turned the steam on?" the foreman nodded; "and shut all the doors?&...
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